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This StyleSheet can be used directly by languages such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean which need larger font sizes.
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To get started with this blank TiddlyWiki, you'll need to modify the following tiddlers:
* SiteTitle & SiteSubtitle: The title and subtitle of the site, as shown above (after saving, they will also appear in the browser title bar)
* MainMenu: The menu (usually on the left)
* DefaultTiddlers: Contains the names of the tiddlers that you want to appear when the TiddlyWiki is opened
You'll also need to enter your username for signing your edits: <<option txtUserName>>

The Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium traces its origins back to the ~Utah-UCLA Algebraic Geometry Seminar started in 1989 by H. Clemens, D. Gieseker, M. Green, J. Kollár, R. Lazarsfeld, Z. Ran and M.-C. Chang. Later on, it became the ~Utah-UCLA-Chicago Algebraic Geometry Seminar. Sadly, as senior figures moved east, the original WAGS faded away.
In 2002, WAGS was resurrected. Our goal is to have a twice-yearly meeting of algebraic geometers in the western half of the United States and Canada, with ample time for chatting, as well as a good number of research talks. The conference has been consistently attracting over 50 participants.
WAGS is partially supported by a grant from the [[NSF|http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DMS]]. Financial support will be available for students, postdocs and otherwise unsupported faculty (from the western two time zones of the continent).
Long term planning for WAGS is currently done by Aaron Bertram (Utah), Renzo Cavalieri (Colorado State), Sebastian ~Casalaina-Martin (Colorado), Sándor Kovács (Washington), Ravi Vakil (Stanford), and Bianca Viray (Washington). For more information on participation, see below.

Please @@color:maroon;make a hotel reservation as soon as possible@@ as the UW Homecoming takes place on the same weekend and the hotels might get filled up early.
We recommend the [[University Inn|http://www.universityinnseattle.com/]] and the [[Watertown Hotel|http://www.watertownseattle.com/]].
We have a reserved hotel block split between the University Inn ($179 per night) and the Watertown Hotel ($189 per night). The block contains 25 rooms in each hotel. We have to pay for 70% of this allotment no matter what, so please use these hotels (it is possible to reserve rooms in pairs).
To @@make a reservation@@ (at either hotel) please e-mail [[reservations@staypineapple.com|mailto:reservations@staypineapple.com]] or call [[866.866.7977|call:866.866.7977]] @@before Wednesday September 16, 2015@@. Make sure to reference //Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium (WAGS)// to receive the group rate.

Coffee in the morning and during the breaks is available in Savery Hall 156, in the same building as where the [[lectures|LectureRoom]] will be held, but on a different floor.
[[Registration]] will also take place there on the morning of October 17.
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/***
|Name|ClickifyPlugin|
|Source|http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#ClickifyPlugin|
|Documentation|http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#ClickifyPlugin|
|Version|1.0.1|
|Author|Eric Shulman - ELS Design Studios|
|License|http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#LegalStatements <br>and [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/]]|
|~CoreVersion|2.1|
|Type|plugin|
|Requires||
|Overrides||
|Description|re-compute parameters when a 'command link' macro is clicked|
!!!!!Usage
<<<
Normally, when you use a //computed parameter// in a macro, it's value is determined when the macro is rendered. The {{{<<clickify>>}}} macro can be used to force the macro parameters of an 'on-click' command link (such as created by the {{{<<newTiddler>>}}} macro) to be automatically re-computed when the command link is clicked, rather than when it is initially displayed. This allows use of computed values that depend upon data that may change between the time the macro is rendered and when it's action is actually triggered by a click.
To apply this extended processing to any macro that creates a command link, simply insert the 'clickify' keyword in front of the usual macro name, like this:
{{{
<<clickify macroName param param param ...>>
}}}
<<<
!!!!!Example
<<<
When {{{<<newTiddler>>}}} is clicked, prompt for a title and set default text to current timestamp:
{{{
<<clickify newTiddler title:{{prompt('enter a title','NewTiddler')}} text:{{new Date()}}>>
}}}
><<clickify newTiddler title:{{prompt('enter a title','NewTiddler')}} text:{{new Date()}}>>
<<<
!!!!!Revisions
<<<
2009.02.08 [1.0.1] make sure command link has been rendered before trying to modify it
2009.01.25 [1.0.0] initial release
<<<
!!!!!Code
***/
//{{{
version.extensions.ClickifyPlugin={major: 1, minor: 0, revision: 1, date: new Date(2009,2,8)};
config.macros.clickify={
handler: function(place,macroName,params,wikifier,paramString,tiddler) {
var cmd='<<'+paramString+'>>';
var e=createTiddlyElement(place,'span');
wikify(cmd.replace(/alert\(|prompt\(|confirm\(/g,'isNaN('),e);
var b=e.getElementsByTagName('a')[0]; if (!b) return;
b.setAttribute('cmd',cmd);
b.onclick=function(ev) {
var cmd=this.getAttribute('cmd');
var e=createTiddlyElement(this.parentNode,'span');
e.style.display='none';
wikify(cmd,e);
e.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].onclick();
this.parentNode.removeChild(e);
}
}
}
//}}}

Here is a list of the color codes in the ColorPalette, and the sections of this ~TiddlyWiki that they affect. Please note that authors of other ~TiddlyWikis may have configured theirs differently in the StyleSheet. But experimenting with these will give you practice so that you can more easily reconfigure the colors of any ~TiddlyWiki.
''Background:'' This controls the color of the background or 'paper', and the text in the title and subtitle.
''Foreground:'' This controls the color of the text.
''~PrimaryPale:'' This controls the color of the Interface Options box.
''~PrimaryLight:'' This controls the color of the top of the Header gradient.
''~PrimaryMid:'' This controls the color of the text in the ~MainMenu, the color of the text for links, the color of the text in the lists of tiddlers and tags, and the color of the bottom of the Header gradient.
''~PrimaryDark:'' This controls the color of the text of the items in the top of the right hand menu and the text of the buttons on the tiddlers.
''~SecondaryPale:'' This controls the color of the background of the boxes in those tiddlers that show snippets of the ~TiddlyWiki code.
''~SecondaryLight:'' This controls the color that appears when the tiddler buttons or items in the right hand menu are highlighted.
''~SecondaryMid:'' This controls the color of the title cells in tables, that is, cells which begin with an exclamation mark (!). It also controls the color of the box that appears when changes have been saved, and the color of the tiddler buttons when they are selected.
''~SecondaryDark:'' This controls the color of the titles of the tiddlers.
''~TertiaryPale:'' This controls the color of the right hand menu that shows lists of tags and tiddlers, as well as the color of the tag button on the tiddlers.
''~TertiaryLight:'' This controls the color of the borders around the right hand menus.
''~TertiaryMid:'' This controls the color of the unselected tabs behind the list of tags and tiddlers in the bottom right hand menu.
''~TertiaryDark:'' This controls the color of the subtitle of each tiddler, that is, the author of the tiddler, the most recent date it was modified and date it was created.

We hope to broaden the community of algebraic geometers. All are welcome to attend. We especially encourage participation from women and members of groups traditionally under-represented in mathematics.

/***
|FileDropPlugin|h
|author : BradleyMeck|
|version : 0.1.1|
|date : Nov 13 2006|
|usage : drag a file onto the TW to have it be made into a tiddler|
|browser(s) supported : Mozilla|
Note: this version has been 'tweaked' by Eric Shulman (http://www.TiddlyTools.com) to add suspend/resume notification handling to improve performance when multiple files are dropped at once.
!Trouble Shooting
*If the plugin does not seem to work, open up the page "about:config" (just type it in the address bar) and make sure @@color(blue):signed.applets.codebase_principal_support@@ is set to @@color(blue):true@@
!Revisions
*Multiple File Dropping API updated, to end all capturing events after yours return a value that makes if(myFunctionsReturnValue) evaluate to true
*Added support for multiple file drop handlers
**Use the config.macros.fileDrop.addEventListener(@@color(green):String Flavor@@, @@color(green):Function handler(nsiFile){}@@, @@color(green):Boolean addToFront@@) function
***Standard Flavor is "application/x-moz-file"
***addToFront gives your handler priority over all others at time of add
*Old plugin would disallow drops of text vetween applications because it didn't check if the transfer was a file.
!Example Handler
*Adds simple file import control, add this to a tiddler tagged {{{systemConfig}}} to make file dropping work
{{{
config.macros.fileDrop.addEventListener("application/x-moz-file",function(nsiFile)
{
if(
confirm("You have dropped the file \""+nsiFile.path+"\" onto the page, it will be imported as a tiddler. Is that ok?")
)
{
var newDate = new Date();
var title = prompt("what would you like to name the tiddler?");
store.saveTiddler(title,title,loadFile(nsiFile.path),config.options.txtUserName,newDate,[]);
}
return true;
})
}}}
!Example Handler without popups and opening the tiddler on load
*Adds simple file import control, add this to a tiddler tagged {{{systemConfig}}} to make file dropping work
{{{
config.macros.fileDrop.addEventListener("application/x-moz-file",function(nsiFile)
{
var newDate = new Date();
store.saveTiddler(nsiFile.path,nsiFile.path,loadFile(nsiFile.path),config.options.txtUserName,newDate,[]);
story.displayTiddler(null,nsiFile.path)
return true;
})
}}}
!Code
***/
//{{{
config.macros.fileDrop = {version : {major : 0, minor : 0, revision: 1}};
config.macros.fileDrop.customDropHandlers = [];
config.macros.fileDrop.dragDropHandler = function(evt) {
netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege('UniversalXPConnect');
// Load in the native DragService manager from the browser.
var dragService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/widget/dragservice;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIDragService);
// Load in the currently-executing Drag/drop session.
var dragSession = dragService.getCurrentSession();
// Create an instance of an nsITransferable object using reflection.
var transferObject = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/widget/transferable;1"].createInstance();
// Bind the object explicitly to the nsITransferable interface. We need to do this to ensure that
// methods and properties are present and work as expected later on.
transferObject = transferObject.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsITransferable);
// I've chosen to add only the x-moz-file MIME type. Any type can be added, and the data for that format
// will be retrieved from the Drag/drop service.
transferObject.addDataFlavor("application/x-moz-file");
// Get the number of items currently being dropped in this drag/drop operation.
var numItems = dragSession.numDropItems;
// ELS 2007.12.03: performance improvement when dropping multiple files
if (numItems>1) {
clearMessage();
displayMessage("Reading "+numItems+" files...");
store.suspendNotifications();
}
for (var i = 0; i < numItems; i++)
{
// Get the data for the given drag item from the drag session into our prepared
// Transfer object.
dragSession.getData(transferObject, i);
// We need to pass in Javascript 'Object's to any XPConnect method which
// requires OUT parameters. The out value will then be saved as a new
// property called Object.value.
var dataObj = {};
var dropSizeObj = {};
for(var ind = 0; ind < config.macros.fileDrop.customDropHandlers.length; ind++)
{
var item = config.macros.fileDrop.customDropHandlers[ind];
if(dragSession.isDataFlavorSupported(item.flavor))
{
transferObject.getTransferData(item.flavor, dataObj, dropSizeObj);
var droppedFile = dataObj.value.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIFile);
// Display all of the returned parameters with an Alert dialog.
var result = item.handler.call(item,droppedFile);
// Since the event is handled, prevent it from going to a higher-level event handler.
evt.stopPropagation();
evt.preventDefault();
if(result){break;}
}
}
}
// ELS 2007.12.03: performance improvement and feedback after dropping multiple files
if (numItems>1) {
store.resumeNotifications();
store.notifyAll();
displayMessage(numItems+" files have been processed");
}
}
if(!window.event)
{
// Register the event handler, and set the 'capture' flag to true so we get this event
// before it bubbles up through the browser.
window.addEventListener("dragdrop", config.macros.fileDrop.dragDropHandler , true);
}
config.macros.fileDrop.addEventListener = function(paramflavor,func,inFront)
{
var obj = {};
obj.flavor = paramflavor;
obj.handler = func;
if(!inFront)
{config.macros.fileDrop.customDropHandlers.push(obj);}
else{config.macros.fileDrop.customDropHandlers.shift(obj);}
}
//}}}

WAGS is partially supported by a grant from the [[NSF|http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DMS]]. Financial support will be available for students, postdocs and otherwise unsupported faculty.
If you would like to apply for financial assistance, then please [[register|Registration]] and include your request in your registration.
The first round of decisions regarding financial assistance will be made in early September. After that financial support will be given as long as funds are available. To ensure full consideration aim to register by September 10.

WAGS is partially supported by a grant from the [[NSF|http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DMS]]. Financial support will be available for students, postdocs and otherwise unsupported faculty.

Follow signs for I-5 Northbound, and then follow directions for [[From the South]].

If you are on I-90, exit onto I-5 Northbound, and follow directions for [[From the South]]. Otherwise, use State Route 520; take the Montlake Boulevard exit. Continue North past Husky Stadium. Move over into the far left lane to prepare for the fork in the road. When the road splits, take the left fork onto 25th Avenue NE. At the traffic light,turn left onto Pend Oreille Road NE. Proceed up the hill to Gate #3. Stop at the gatehouse for directions and a parking permit.

Take I-5 Southbound to the NE 45th Street exit (#169). Turn left onto NE 45th Street. Continue East about one quarter mile to 17th Avenue NE. Turn right onto the main campus. Stop at the gatehouse (Gate#2) and tell the traffic guide that you would like to go to Padelford Hall (to park).

Take I-5 Northbound to the NE 45th Street exit (#169). Turn right onto NE 45th Street. Continue East about one quarter mile to 17th Avenue NE. Turn right onto the main campus. Stop at the gatehouse (Gate#2) and tell the traffic guide that you would like to go to Padelford Hall (to park).

''__The following [[setup instructions|GettingStarted]] outline the basic steps for configuring your own copy of this document:__''
{{big{
# get a copy<br>{{normal{
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{{center{@@font-size:200%;line-height:120%;[[download now!|http://www.tiddlytools.com/download.php?file=quickstart/basics.html]]@@}}}}}}
# open local copy<br>{{normal{After the file is saved to your filesystem, close ''//this//'' browser/tab window and ''open the //local// file you just saved''.}}}
# set titles and menus<br>{{normal{Change content in SiteTitle, SiteSubtitle, and MainMenu}}}
# set default tiddlers<br>{{normal{Edit [[DefaultTiddlers]] to select which tiddlers will be displayed at startup. The current definition is: {{block{<<wikify "{{{\n%0\n}}}\n" {{store.getTiddlerText("DefaultTiddlers")}}>>Note: the {{{[tag[startup]]}}} syntax automatically includes all tiddlers tagged with<<tag startup>>(if any). This allows you to quickly add/remove individual tiddlers from the initial display simply by setting/clearing the<<tag startup>>tag on those tiddlers, rather than manually editing the list in DefaultTiddlers.
}}}}}}
# set styles //(optional)//<br>{{normal{If desired, edit the StyleSheet to suit your aesthetic sensibilities}}}
# set preferences //(optional)//<br>{{normal{If desired, edit the [[cookieJar]] to add, remove, or adjust hard-coded plugin preferences (see individual plugins for details). Current settings are:{{block{
<<tiddler cookieJar>>}}}}}}
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}}}

[[Hirune Mendebaldeko]] was a Basque pacifist, a contemporary of Nicholas Bourbaki, whom she met in Paris while there studying algebraic geometry. They were rumored to be carrying on a secret affair, with not infrequent trysts in the Pyrenees. Whenever they appeared together in public, however, there was no indication of any personal relationship.

For all kinds of information on Seattle follow this external [[link|http://www.beautifulseattle.com/index.htm]].
For condensed information look at these tiddlers:
[[Weather]]
[[Directions]]
[[Accommodation]]
[[Restaurants|WhereToEat]]

WAGS Fall 2015 will take place at the /%
%/[[University of Washington|http://www.washington.edu/]], /%
%/[[Seattle|http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us]], [[Washington|http://access.wa.gov/]]. /%
%/The talks will take place in [[Savery Hall 260|LectureRoom]].
(The [[Department of Mathematics|http://www.math.washington.edu]] is located in [[Padelford Hall|http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/northcentral.html?PDL]] on the [[UW campus|http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Stevens+Way+%26+Pend+Oreille+Road+Northeast,+Seattle,+WA&hl=en&ll=47.65715,-122.303925&spn=0.012863,0.052314&sll=47.657339,-122.304588&layer=c&cbp=11,95.3,,0,3.84&cbll=47.65705,-122.304725&hnear=NE+Stevens+Way+%26+Pend+Oreille+Rd+NE,+Seattle,+King,+Washington+98105&t=m&z=15&vpsrc=6&panoid=6NTyiagAHulEcBBrTTkT2g]].)
Use the links above or the interactive maps below to find your way.
|<html><iframe width="450" height="375" src="http://www.washington.edu/maps/embed/?place=211" frameborder="0"></iframe></html>|
| [[Lecture Room: Savery Hall 260|LectureRoom]] |
|<html><iframe width="450" height="375" src="http://www.washington.edu/maps/embed/?place=181" frameborder="0"></html> |
| Math Department |

This website was made using the open source [[TiddlyWiki|http://tiddlywiki.com]] software.
Clicking on any internal link will open up the linked //tiddler// as it did when you opened this one.
You may freely ''rearrange'' the currently open tiddlers, just grab their titles and move them where you want them or click on the title to move the selected tiddler to the top or bottom.
You may also open, close, fold, unfold, or focus any given tiddler, just click the appropriate word in the upper right corner.
("focus" means folding all other open tiddlers and unfolding the chosen one; the other options should be self-explanatory). Have fun.

Parking is free after noon on Saturday and all day on Sunday. There is a parking fee of $5 each for Friday evening (after 5pm) and Saturday morning (until noon). Please pay at the gatehouse on entry.
See more information [[here|http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/parking]].

WAGS Fall 2015 at the University of Washington will host a [[Poster Session]].
One of the main goals of the session is to increase the flow of information between participants. Postdocs, undergraduate and graduate students are warmly and strongly encouraged to participate.
Below are instructions on how to participate, a few resources for creating posters and an ongoing list of participants.
//Location//
The poster session will take place in //TBA// after the last talk on Saturday, roughly between 5:30PM-7:00PM. We will make arrangements for you to hang your posters either during lunch or immediately before the poster session.
//Registration//
To participate in the poster session, please indicate your interest in doing so in your WAGS registration. For more information regarding the poster session, send an email to [[fall15@wagsymposium.org|mailto:fall2015@wagsymposium.org]].
//Making your poster//
Thanks to previous WAGS poster sessions and their organizers here is an extensive list of resources to help you build your poster.
Design advice:
AWM - http://www.awm-math.org/workshops/posters.html
SIAM - http://www.siam.org/meetings/guidelines/poster.php
HMC Math Department - http://www.math.hmc.edu/computing/support/printing/posters/goodposters/
CSU - http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/
Latex advice/templates:
HMC - http://www.math.hmc.edu/computing/support/tex/classes/hmcposter/
N. Johnston - http://www.nathanieljohnston.com/index.php/2009/08/latex-poster-template/
M. Coca - http://b0urpc.fnal.gov/~cmircea/poster-howto.html
P. Hirschfeld - http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~pjh/posters/poster_howto_UF.html

From ~SeaTac, take the [[Link Light Rail|http://www.soundtransit.org/Rider-Guide/Link-light-rail.xml]] to downtown Seattle.
From downtown Seattle take buses 71,72, or 73. See Metro's [[website|http://metro.kingcounty.gov/]] for more information.
For more options, see the [[UW Commuter Services|http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/]] website.

This package provides a toolbar of interactive 'power tools' that you can use while editing a tiddler to quickly insert TiddlyWiki tiddler links, images, macros, etc. or common formatting sequences directly into tiddler content, as well as perform other functions (such as find/replace, sort, split, convert, etc.) that can be used to modify the current tiddler's source content in a variety of ways.
<<tiddler QuickEditToolbar with: show>>
!!!!!Installation:
<<<
Individual ~QuickEdit buttons are defined in separate tiddlers (e.g., [[QuickEdit_replace]]) that have also been //transcluded// into a single toolbar definition named [[QuickEditToolbar]]. You can edit this definition to add, remove, or rearrange the toolbar buttons to best suit your needs, and then embed the [[QuickEditToolbar]] tiddler into your document's [[EditTemplate]], like this:
{{{
<div macro='tiddler QuickEditToolbar'></div>
}}}
Next, in order to support some of the formatting 'shortcuts' provided by the toolbar, add a reference to the shortcuts CSS class definitions in your [[StyleSheet]]:
{{{
[[StyleSheetShortcuts]]
}}}
By default, the QuickEdit toolbar is hidden until you enable it by using the ''toggleQuickEdit'' command, which you can add to the ~EditToolbar definition in [[ToolbarCommands]]:
{{{
|EditToolbar|... toggleQuickEdit ...|
}}}
You can also toggle the ~QuickEdit toolbar display via a single checkbox option that can be added to [[SideBarOptions]] (or any other desired location):
{{{
<<option chkShowQuickEdit>> show QuickEdit toolbar
}}}
Note: You can 'hard-code' the ''chkShowQuickEdit'' setting, so that the toolbar will be //initially// displayed, by creating a tiddler (e.g., ConfigTweaks), tagged with <<tag systemConfig>>, containing:
{{{
config.options.chkShowQuickEdit=true;
}}}
Alternatively, if you want the toolbar to //always// be displayed, regardless of the option setting, you can add a special keyword, ''show'', to the [[EditTemplate]] syntax, like this:
{{{
<div macro='tiddler QuickEditToolbar with: show'></div>
}}}
<<<

Please, register [[here|http://goo.gl/forms/Du9ikpJPa0]] as soon as you know that you will be attending. If you are requesting [[Financial Assistance]] aim to do this before September 10.
If you forget to register in advance, please [[do it|BreakRoom]] in person on October 17.
Also, please indicate when registering if you would like to participate in the [[Poster Session]] and include a title for your poster.

[[Mendebaldeko Lecture]]
//Speaker//: [[Aravind Asok|Talk 1]]
//Title//: @@color:#385782;Classification results in A^^1^^ homotopy theory and applications@@
//Abstract//:
I will discuss some classical questions about torsors and associated homogeneous spaces, e.g., when does a vector bundle split off a trivial rank 1 summand, or when does a vector bundle admit a symplectic structure? I will explain how to formulate these questions using ``homotopy classification" results for principal bundles under algebraic groups associated homogeneous spaces in A^^1^^-homotopy theory. I will then discuss how one can use techniques from homotopy theory to solve these problems.

//Speaker//: [[Rekha Thomas|Talk 2]]
//Title//: [[Algebraic Vision|Talk 2]]
//Abstract//:
Reconstructing a 3-dimensional scene from 2-dimensional images of it is a fundamental problem in computer vision. Real solutions to systems of polynomials play a key role in solving this problem. In this talk I will explain recent work that attempts to bring in tools from algebraic geometry to some of the foundational problems in 3D computer vision with a particular focus on the most basic problem of reconstruction from two images.

//Speaker//: [[Yiwei She|Talk 3]]
//Title//: [[The (unpolarized) Shafarevich conjecture for K3 surfaces|Talk 3]]
//Abstract//:
Let K be a number field, S a finite set of places of K, and g a positive integer. Shafarevich made the following conjecture for higher genus curves: the set of isomorphism classes of genus g curves defined over K and with good reduction outside of S is finite. Faltings proved this conjecture for curves and the analogous conjecture for polarized abelian surfaces and Zarhin removed the necessity of specifying a polarization. Building on the work of Faltings and Andre and using technical advances by Madapusi Pera, we prove the unpolarized Shafarevich conjecture for K3 surfaces.

//Speaker//: [[Nikolaos Tziolas (Princeton/Cyprus)|Talk 4]]
//Title//: [[Automorphisms of smooth canonically polarized surfaces in positive characteristic.|Talk4]]
//Abstract//:
Let X be a smooth canonically polarized surface defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p>0. In this talk I will present some results about the geometry of X in the case when the automorphism scheme Aut(X) of X is not smooth, or equivalently X has non-trivial global vector fields. This is a situation that appears only in positive characteristic and is intimately related to the structure of the moduli stack of canonically polarized surfaces in positive characteristic because the smoothness of the automorphism scheme is the obstruction for the moduli stack to be """Deligne-Mumford""", something that is always true in characteristic zero but not in general in positive characteristic. One of the results that will be presented in this talk is that smooth canonically polarized surfaces with non-smooth automorphism scheme and “small” invariants are algebraically simply connected and uniruled.

//Speaker//: [[Alena Pirutka|Talk 5]]
//Title//: [[On stable rationality|Talk 5]]
//Abstract//:
In this talk we will discuss several examples of varieties which are not stably rational, following the recent work of Voisin, the work in common with """Colliot-Thélène""", the work of Totaro and others. The methods involve specialization arguments and the study of Chow groups of zero-cycles.

//Speaker//: [[Brian Osserman|Talk 6]]
//Title//: [[Limit linear series: progress and generalizations|Talk 6]]
//Abstract//:
Eisenbud and Harris introduced the theory of limit linear series in the 1980's, and applied it spectacularly to prove new results on Weierstrass points and on the geometry of moduli spaces of curves. Over the last 30 years, limit linear series have remained the fundamental tool for studying the geometry of curves via degeneration arguments, with a wide range of further applications. After recalling the original ideas, we will discuss new foundational results on limit linear series, as well as generalizations to higher-rank vector bundles and to more general nodal curves than those considered by Eisenbud and Harris.

//Speaker//: [[Valery Alexeev|Talk 7]]
//Title//: [[The number 24, Leech lattice, and K3 surfaces|Talk 7]]
//Abstract//:
Leech lattice is one of 24 Niemeier lattices: positive definite unimodular lattices of rank 24. K3 surfaces are two-dimensional """Calabi-Yau""" manifolds. Several links between these apparently unrelated subjects are known: via the study of automorphism groups of K3 surfaces ("""Mukai-Kondo""") and via the recently discovered Mathieu group "M24 moonshine". I will discuss a new link, through the study of compactifications of moduli of K3 surfaces obtained by adding stable pairs on the boundary.

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[[Araya's Place|http://arayasplace.com/]]: Large Thai restaurant that's great for groups. There is a lunch buffet for $9. Dinner entrees are $9-14. All food is vegan.
__Address__: [[1121 NE 45 St|http://g.co/maps/xfmqd]]
__Directions__: Exit the UW campus at the northwest corner at NE 45th St; walk downhill for five blocks until you cross 12 Avenue NE; Araya's will be on your left.
[[Big Time Brewery & Alehouse|http://bigtimebrewery.com]]: Pizza and great microbrews for dinner.
__Address__: [[4133 University Way NE|http://g.co/maps/55zd8]]
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[[Chili's Deli and Mart]]: This is a convenience store - restaurant combination; the restaurant is in the back. Good for lunch and dinner. Get dosas, vada (lentil doughnut-like things), and samosas. Entrees are about $8-10.
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[[Costas Restaurant|http://costasontheave.com]]: Nice greek food for dinner.
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[[Jewel of India| http://www.jewelofindiacuisine.com/home.htm ]]: Excellent lunch buffet.
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[[Myung Tong Tofu Restaurant|]]: Lots of free kimchee and good all-in-one soups for lunch.
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[[Shawarma King]]: Serves delicious falafel, hummus, pita bread, foul. Great for lunch. Under $10.
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[[Taste of India|http://www.tasteofindiaseattle.com/home/index.html]]: Indian food, bottomless cup of hot chai, good for dinner.
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